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loads at an alpha of .05. 1RM indicates 1-repetition maximum. Table 3 Raw Mean Power Normalized to Body Weight and Joint Power Contributions Normalized to Total Lower-Body Power Values at the Hip, Knee, and Ankle Joints Over the Purposive Phase of the Countermovement VerticalJump Relative mean power, W

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. Planning such types of training during the weeks before the competitive season’s start might also permit to get the most out of it as it has been shown that verticaljump height peaks a few weeks after NMES training in athletes. 9 , 33 Also of importance is the ∼16% lower jump height we found with NMES

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in “real-world” settings, with the best of performance (jump height) used for further analysis. A rapid countermovement was conducted by the participants descending until the knee angle reached approximately 90°, followed immediately by a verticaljump. Participants were instructed to jump as high as

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.g., Landin & Hebert, 1999 ) and two studies reported changes made to the verticaljumping kinematics of their relatively unskilled participants (e.g., Tod et al., 2009 ). Although Tod and colleagues were not concerned with the variability of their kinematic data, the effect of self-talk on the variability

studies, improvements in power performance have often also occurred in conjunction with improved performance in dynamic strength tasks. Coutts et al 6 showed increases in verticaljump performance following a tapering period as well as improvements in 3RM squat and bench press and measures of quadriceps